The man who answers the ungoogleable
RANDALL Munroe whiles away his days finding answers to absurd, ungoogleable questions and, in the process, has become nerd royalty.
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Apparently Tinder hates old people
SMARTPHONE app Tinder is copping flack from users over 30 who will be slugged with additional fees for using the dating service. Sorry, Warnie.
Stationery fan gets penis stuck in tape
A STATIONERY fan who got his erect penis stuck in a roll of masking tape turned to strangers for help, posting a picture of his predicament online.
The $3 million Facebook feud
BAIL has been set at $3 million for the alleged teenage murderers of a 14-year-old girl, who had to physically fight a Facebook bully.
The ugly, unfiltered truth about Instagram
INSTAGRAM is supposed to be the pretty app, where users share soft-focus, filtered selfies and sunsets. But sexual predators are using it to groom teens.
Remember when the internet looked like this?
REMEMBER beautiful WordArt, the dial-up modem noise and chatting on ICQ? These relics of a more innocent age are now captivating gif-crazed bloggers.
Cop’s amazing dashcam dice with death
DASHCAM footage has shown just how close an Ohio state trooper came to death when a semi-truck crashed into his vehicle.
The best memes of ‘the dress’
THE dress that divided the world and broke the internet harder than Kim K’s butt has sparked thousands of amazing memes. Here’s a selection of the best.
Calm down: We know what colour the dress is
UPDATE: This picture is still driving the world mad and almost broke the internet as well as some relationships. But it seems now we finally know the answer. Phew.
The questions Warnie didn’t answer
THE King of Spin, Shane Warne, has held his first Facebook Q&A, and while he said “nothing’s off limits” these are the questions he missed.
Dr Chris Brown’s African delight
HE came to fame as the Bondi Vet, and Dr Chris Brown is using his stint on the South African set of I’m a Celebrity to meet the local wildlife.
Pic could send model to jail
IT WAS supposed to be one harmless Instagram post. But a former beauty queen has found herself in hot water after her post was deemed offensive.
Mike Baird’s attempt at being funny backfires
DID no one in NSW Premier Mike Baird’s office tell him that a) this stunt was a bad idea and b) there is such a thing as music copyright?
Inside the minds of psychopathic trolls
THEY sit behind a pseudonym and go after women because they are weaker. “You could post what school their kids go to and stuff like that. That’s gonna get them really angry,” a troll tells news.com.au.
How Facebook is helping prevent suicide
FACEBOOK is enlisting the help of its more than one billion users to help their digital peers who post suicidal messages.
Go go Power Rangers! Gritty remake by, er, Dawson Leery?
WHAT do you get when you cross Dawson’s Creek with Power Rangers? A violent, sexy, NSFW Youtube hit, that’s what.
Muslim activist sent death threats
AUSTRALIANS are standing up for a human rights lawyer after she became the target for a vicious online hate campaign and was threatened with beheading.
How is that even possible?
EVEN the most seasoned golfer will be in awe of the trick shots featured in the Bryan brothers new video.
Facebook‘s plans to connect the globe
FACEBOOK founder Mark Zuckerberg has opened up about how the social network’s Internet.org initiative plans to bring the world online.
The best Oscars photobombs
WHILE Birdman and Eddie Redmayne took all the official awards, there’s another award that was hotly contested at the Oscars that didn’t get much attention. We’re talking about the Oscars photobomb award.
What’s in the background of this fishing pic?
WHEN a Queensland paper published a picture of a local bloke with a 118cm barra from Lake Tinaroo, they probably should have checked the background a bit more closely.
‘Laser cat’ teen dies, aged 17
THE New York high school senior responsible for the laser cat internet sensation has died of an apparent suicide on Thursday, his parents said.
This is absolutely crazy
PEOPLE do some crazy things to raise money for charity, but one man is really pushing things to the limit.
How tweets reveal our dark side
A NEW tool aims to discover what the subconscious mind is really thinking when people post on Twitter.
Abbott’s dog fights puppy farming
TONY Abbott’s dog, Maisie Abbott, has come out strongly against puppy farming, saying her master needs to help her friends.
The tweet that ruined her life
TWELVE words. That’s all it took to ruin Justine Sacco’s life. She lost her job, had trouble dating and copped death threats.
How you can be an expert at anything
WE all love the idea of reaching the top in our chosen field, but few of us have the patience to do it. A table tennis novice decided to try to turn pro in a year.
MySpace taking users back to 2005
MYSPACE have been emailing users photos from their profiles in 2005 to try and create a resurgence of the website. In the interest of fairness we have found other things of interest from a decade ago.
‘If you do not come Bali will be clean’
INDONESIANS are lashing out furiously against the online #BoycottBali campaign, telling Australians to “go somewhere else” instead of the holiday island hotspot.
What’s wrong with this picture?
THIS is a portrait of Bobby Jindal, an Indian-American governor in the US. The thing is, in one very obvious way, it looks nothing like him.
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